Cricket Thread

[waspish]

Root was magnificent and that innings by Archer was so so good

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking hell we batted all day! Performance of the day Joe Root and the wonderful England fans

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Brilliant by Root. He's essentially been there all day. Incredible.

Excellent runs from Archer.

 

[M18CTID]

6 overs to go to the new ball - be piss funny if these two add another 50 runs in the morning.

Knowing us, we'll be all out in the first over of the day though!

 

[domalino]

Pathetic over rate by the convict cunts. 74 in a day is a disgrace, hope theres a big fine incoming.

England have to survive 6 more overs for them to get fined or lose points because of slow over rate. So they'll probably get away with it.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Hayden seems a decent bloke.

 

[DelToro]

Well the day finished better than it started thanks to Root and Archer.

We will see whether the England total is competitive by this time tomorrow.

 

[Winchester]

6 overs to go to the new ball - be piss funny if these two add another 50 runs in the morning.

Knowing us, we'll be all out in the first over of the day though!

It's more than I thought we would get when I posted originally
We've got a decent score ino
As maybe the pitch will cut up

 

[willipp]

Well that was fun to watch. Just the fact we lasted the full day is a small morale boost.

 

[jimharri]

Do you think we might actually get a draw?

 

[ancoats]

A great fight was shown by Archer and Root at the end. I could hear one of Richie Benaud's best quotes, Be there at stumps. Them 60-odd runs on this wicket with a pink ball are worth double if you bowl well. The Aussies never change. How slow was the over rate, the last 30 minutes England did them with quick runs and It could be a game-changer.

Still some very dodgy batting in the england camp by giving your wicket away. Why do we keep chasing a wide ball
Anyway, Positives today and england can be right back in the series if we bowl well

 

[jimharri]

Have we ever managed a 60+ stand for the last wicket in convict land before? I can't imagine it's happened too many times.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

So chuffed for Root. He'll go and hit 2 or 3 more this series now the monkey is off his back

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Have we ever managed a 60+ stand for the last wicket in convict land before? I can't imagine it's happened too many times.

130 Foster & Rhodes Eng v Aus, Sydney, 1903

Seems to be the record.

 

[Saddleworth2]

5 English batsmen lasted 11 balls between them. I'm available and couldn't do much worse than that. I had a very sound defensive stroke, both front and back foot. :-)

 

[M18CTID]

Root and Jimmy hold the record for the highest ever 10th wicket partnership in test cricket - 198 runs. I'll settle for that tomorrow morning. No pressure Joe and Jofra ;)

 

[MCFC1993]

Turned out to be a decent day, not much more you can say about Root.

Archer sending it and hanging in there though has really helped. It would be great if he can get to 50 and Root 150 tomorrow morning.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Hayden seems a decent bloke.

Isn’t he Australian?

 

[robbieh]

On the BBC lots of folks saying Root is the greatest ever English batsman. While he is certainly one of them, a quick look at Wally Hammond's stats suggest it's not a gimme. Here are his 6 centuries down under.

14/12/28 Australia Sydney 251
29/12/28 Australia Melbourne 200
01/02/29 Australia Adelaide 119 not out
02/12/32 Australia Sydney 112
23/02/33 Australia Sydney 101
18/12/36 Australia Sydney 231 not out

 

[Craig]

Do you think we might actually get a draw?

No chance it will be a draw!